Master Minds Recap: March 21, 2023

Here’s a recap of the clues on Master Minds (Season 3) for Tuesday, March 21, 2023 with host Brooke Burns.

Today’s episode title: “Trivia, Smarts & Tomatoes”
Today’s Master Minds: Mark “The Beast” Labbett, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah
Today’s challengers: Aaron, Karla, Aurora

The show’s format pits 3 contestants against each other and 3 Master Minds against each other. There are 3 rounds and the contestant with the highest score wins $1,000 and faces off in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge against the winning Master Mind. If the contestant beats the Master Mind, the prize money goes up to $10,000.

Round 1: Here are the 7 categories and questions. 100 points for each correct answer.

(1) MOVIES: Winning for “The Power of the Dog” Jane Campion was one of the few women to have received an Oscar for what?
(a) Best Directing (b) Best Song (c) Best Cinematography
(2) TECH: The people rejoiced when Apple announced a new feature in its iOS 16 update: allowing users to unsend what?
(a) texts (b) faxes (c) fresh flowers
(3) MOVIES: Consisting of 4 indiv. operas, who composed “The Ring Cycle”?
(a) Franz Schubert (b) Richard Wagner (c) Johann Strauss
(4) ANIMALS: The largest insect to ever life resembled which modern-day creature often called the “devil’s darning needle”?
(a) dragon fly (b) ladybug (c) praying mantis
(5) STATISTICS: The chances of shuffling a deck of cards back into its original order is closest to one in a what?
(a) million (b) billion billion (c) trillion trillion trillion
(6) THE 20TH CENTURY: A symbol of cowardice, what did British suffragettes hand to men who weren’t serving in WWI?
(a) yellow ribbon (b) poppy (c) white feather
(7) FESTIVITES: Held annually in Spain La Tomatina is a one-hour food fight where what produce is merrily hurled at anyone participating?
(a) lettuce (b) tomatoes (c) watermelons

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 1:
Aaron 600 Karla 600 Aurora 300 / The Beast 700 Muffy 700 Jonathan 500

Round 2: There are 5 subjects and questions. No multiple choice. Correct answers are worth 200 points for the first 4. The last question is worth 400 points. At the end of the round, the person with the lowest score on each team is eliminated.

(1) FOOD: What ice cream with layers of different flavors is also a term for a native of Naples, Italy?
(2) SPORTS: In Major League Baseball, what small disc of light adorns the “A” logo of the Los Angeles Angels?
(3) HISTORY: For approximately 1500 years, what trade routes ran from China to the Roman empire?
(4) SCIENCE: Which of the 3 divisions of the Freudian psyche is the mediator between the other 2?
(5) POLITICS: What future U.S. Vice President once described his running mate’s policies as “voodoo economics”?

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Scores at end of Round 2:
Aaron 1600 Karla 1000 Aurora 700 / The Beast 1300 Muffy 1700 Jonathan 1700

Aurora and The Beast are eliminated.

Aaron and Karla advance to the next round, as do Muffy and Jonathan.

Round 3: Each team faces off in a rapid-fire 1-minute trivia battle. The first question is worth 500 points and each additional question goes up an additional 100 points. The winners go on to the last round.

Aaron and Karla go first:

(500) Which U.S. state has more barrels of bourbon than people?
(600) The physical trophy for what quadrennial sporting event was valued at $20 million in USA Today?
(700) What monstrous being from Norse mythology also refers to someone who posts offensive comments?
(800) Not known to use her last name of Sarkisian, what iconic singer has had number #1 hits in 6 decades?
(900) What green-colored, magnesium-rich mineral is
named for its resemblance to a snake’s skin?
(1000) In the novel “The Sign of the Four”, Sherlock Holmes is assisted by a dog named what?
(1100) What Mattel game requires the skillful removal of sticks from a tube to prevent marbles from dropping?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Scores at end of Round 3:
Aaron 4700 Karla 1000

Aaron wins $1,000 and advances to the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. But first, Muffy and Jonathan will battle it out for a minute to see who joins Aaron.

(500) In cereal advertising, what character’s catchphrase is “they’re gr-r-reat?
(600) In 2021, a Los Angeles judge approved Kanye West’s request to formally change his name to what?
(700) What two word condition of over-anxiousness in dogs is brought on by their owners leaving or preparing to go?
(800) What imaginary demarcation on Earth, mostly running 180 degrees longitude, is not enforced by international law?
(900) What is the youngest of the three British armed services?
(1000) Maurice King invented what blue liquid that sanitizes combs and scissors for hair dressers?
(1100) What term that’s both a plant and a color was named for a 16th century botanist Leonard Fuchs?
(1200) “Gravity’s Rainbow” is a book by what American novelist?

CORRECT ANSWERS show

Muffy finished with 5900 to Jonathan’s 4300 so Muffy will join Aaron in the Ultimate Trivia Challenge. If Aaron beats Muffy, he will win $10,000 and return on the next show. Any player who makes it through 2 shows and wins $20,000, gets to join the Master Minds expert team.

Ultimate Trivia Challenge: The questions are presented to the players at the same time and they write their answers down.

(1) Appearing after the Neolithic and before the Bronze Age, the Chalcolithic period is marked by the use of what metal?
(2) In 1971, McDonald’s restaurants in what country were the first to offer beer on their menus?
(3) Claiming he had visions from a young age, what British poet wrote “Song of Innocence” and “Songs of Experience”?
(4) In the New Testament, Jesus had two apostles named Simon and two who shared what other name?

ANSWERS: (unless otherwise indicated, both were correct)
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Muffy got 3 right to Aaron’s one. Aaron is going home with $1,000 and we will see 3 new challengers tomorrow.

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